Mechanicsburg Area Meals on Wheels

Analysis

Mechanicsburg Area Meals on Wheels is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Mechanicsburg Area Meals on Wheels reported income of $220k and spending of $249k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $224k to $220k (-1.9%), an average of -0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mechanicsburg Area Meals on Wheels sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In His Light Inc ($220k), Village Legal and Community Project ($220k) and African Leadership Partners Inc ($220k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 6.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $30k. At year end it held assets of $324k against liabilities of $9,033, net assets of $314k. It reported 1 employees.